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HMS Finisterre |
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HMS Finisterre Laid Down : 8th December 1942 Launched : 22nd June 1944 Completed : 11th September 1945 Type : Destroyer Class : Battle Builder : Fairfield Country : UK Pennants : R55, D91 BPF, D55 Fate : Scrapped 12th June 1967. |
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HMS Finisterre, October 1948. |
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A view from HMS Centaur over a transport ship to HMS Finisterre |
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0 - 22nd June 1944 - Pennant R55 22nd June 1944 - Launched 1945 - Pennant D91 British Pacific Fleet 11th March 1946 - At Hong Kong 13th December 1948 - Arrived Portsmouth after exercises 13th January 1950 - Assisted at the loss of the HMS/M Truculent 1st March 1950 - Sank a mine by riflefire Off Beachy Head 5th November 1950 - Lt. Cdr. J.F. House 5th November 1950 - Finistere 5th November 1950 - At Stockholm for the funeral of King Gustav 5th November 1950 - Flagship of Admiral Sir Wilfred Patterson 27th May 1951 - Taking part in Exercise "Red Dagger" off Dorset 7th August 1951 - Cowes Week Guardship 2nd October 1951 - Exercise "Sea Shell" off Flushing 2nd June 1953 - In St. Aubin's Bay, Jersey 15th June 1953 - Participated in 1953 Coronation Review 16th February 1960 - Cdr, C.J Balfour in Command 5th June 1961 - Passed through Suez 4th July 1961 - In the Mediterranean preparing for the Persian Gulf June 1967 - Broken up at Dalmuir |
Database Currently Holds : 6284 ships and 6289 crew!
Last edited : 16:23, March 22, 2011
By : jbryce1437
First Added : 15:11, December 14, 2010
By : kc
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